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Vaccination Imagine bring home your newborn baby for the first time. Whether you are first time parents or you are bring home a new sibling to your growing family, there are many worried thoughts that cross your mind and as you lay with your precious gift on the couch and watch them sleep, you think to yourself that you will do everything you can to protect your child. There are various things that you can do to keep your child healthy. One of the best things you can do for your child is getting them vaccinated. There are many people in the world that won’t vaccinate their children because they don’t want to see how much pain it causes them when they are receiving the vaccination or they don’t believe in vaccinations for religious or personal …show more content…

The most known symptom of rotavirus is severe diarrhea. Other symptoms include fever, vomiting, stomach pain, and dehydration. Rotavirus can cause severe illness and can even cause death due to dehydration. Good hygiene and sanitation is very important for your child but won’t affect the rotavirus. Immunization is best for your child to prevent the disease.
MMR stands for measles, mumps and rubella, and it is caused by a virus. Measles cause brain swelling, lung infection, and a rare brain disease. Mumps can cause hearing loss, infection of the brain/spinal cord and inflammation of the heart, kidneys, and joints. Rubella can cause chronic joint problems, reddening of eyes and swelling of the neck. The MMR vaccine has made it so today measles, mumps, and rubella are less common.
Childhood illnesses that were once present and killed many innocent people, are now decreasing because of vaccinations. "Up to 90% of the total decline in the death rate of children between 1860-1965 because of whooping cough, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and measles occurred before the introduction of immunizations and antibiotics" (Obomsawin, Raymond). Vaccination are so important that schools are now requiring every child to have mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio before attending. In order for a child to attend school, they are required to have at least 4 doses of Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus; 2 doses …show more content…

By vaccinating your children, it will cause a decline in disease all over the world. People that aren’t vaccinated are not allowed to see cancer patients because of the possible chance of them carrying a disease. In 2010, the U.S. shows 21,000 causes of whooping cough (pertussis), most cases involving children that are under 6 months of age. These children most likely developed this disease because of a friend or family member that weren’t immunized. People need to understand that young children aren’t able to be as vaccinated at a young age, so since they are not vaccinated and immune to the disease it will affect them to a great extent. Every health care employee are required to have all of their vaccinations, even the flu. Health care employee are exposed to many illnesses and they work with people that are sick and have a low immune system so in order to protect their patient, their vaccination records are always up to

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